In Pics: Top news from Mumbai and around the nation

In Pics: Top news from Mumbai and around the nation

01/31Indian Railways extend services of 22 trains

The Indian Railways has decided to extend services of 22 pairs of trains, which will provide additional connectivity between various places in the country. Out of the 22 pairs of trains, five pairs over Western Railway have been extended with additional stoppages on the extended portion. The extension of these trains was declared by the Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal on Wednesday in a function held at Rail Bhavan, New Delhi.

These extensions will help in a more gainful utilisation of Coaching Stock and will augment the revenue of Indian Railways. The details of extended trains over WR are:

- The Bandra Terminus – Patna Humsafar Express will extend up to Saharsa. Begusarai and Khagaria will be additional halts on the extended portion.

The Mumbai – New Delhi Rajdhani Express of the Western Railway has bagged the first position in the cleanest premium train category among all the Rajdhani trains of the country, in a survey conducted by Indian Railways. However, in the overall premium trains category, WR placed third while CR was placed at the ninth position. The first position was awarded to Southern Railway

The survey was conducted last year with the help of feedback from over 15,000 passengers. The ranking has been done on the basis of the Process Audit score, Direct Observation score, and Passenger Feedback scores, where each component held 33.33 per cent of the total score. Photo: BCCL

03/31Monorail carries more commuters, brings in more revenue

The Monorail from Wadala to Chembur saw a surge in the number of commuters, and in turn, an increase in revenue in the last three days, due to the BEST strike.

On January 8, 9 and 10, the Monorail has cumulatively carried 72,249 commuters, which is 30,295 commuters more as compared to people who used the transport service on January 5,6 and 7, which is 41,954. When it comes to revenue, it collected Rs 4,87,060 on January 8, 9 and 10. This sum is Rs 1,93,644 more than what it collected on January 5, 6 and 7, which is Rs 2,93,416. Photo: BCCL

Well-known yoga institute Kaivalyadhama at Charni Road has recently started holding yoga sessions at 19 schools in Mumbai for intellectually disabled (ID) students and at 10 children’s homes, with many innovative techniques to make yoga interesting for them. The institute has taken up this project in collaboration with an NGO.

“We first trained 29 teachers in use of different teaching methods for ID children. For example, teachers use the storytelling technique to lead a child to do a yoga pose. For ‘vrukshashana’ (tree pose), they might say someone is passing in a jungle and comes across a tree. Different animal sounds are also made to accompany various asanas, making the whole experience exciting for children,” Nutak Pakhare, coordinator of external projects and medical consultant at Kaivalyadhama, told Mirror.

05/31Mumbai gets its first location hashtag at Haji Ali

Haji Ali is one of the most known landmark of Mumbai. The dargah has around 8,000 visitors every week including a huge influx of tourists who visit everyday. The Hashtag sculpture by Artist Rouble Nagi has been called "a product of pure function that has evolved into a cultural phenomenon" and a solution that would take on a life of its own, these artworks are recognisable enough to stick up for itself marking an area with an aesthetic approach. Rouble Nagi said, "As an artist I feel that #hashtag is “really a movement” and has been since a while now, the hope is that the hashtag will inspire action and serve as a springboard that people can use to launch themselves from online conversation to real-world action. In some way, the hashtag becomes a symbol of empowerment it creates an opportunity for sustained engagement and makes sure that governmental organisations know it and inspire further action."

06/31Ola, Uber drivers continue strike for third day

Ola and Uber drivers continue on strike for the third day as no representatives from either company held any meetings with them to hear their demands. Govind Rao Mohite, General Secretary, Maharashtra Rajya Rashtriya Kamgar Sangh, said, "We will continue unless and until our demands are met as the drivers have reached a point of desperation and contemplating suicide with the ongoing exploitation at the hands of these companies."

07/31Congress leaders interact with activists

An AICC sub-committee, led by former union minister Kumari Selja, visited Mumbai on Tuesday as a part of its national outreach programme called Jan Awaaz- people’s Voice Manifesto. The sub-committee interacted with various stakeholders, NGOs and civic activists and incorporated them in the upcoming manifesto for the Lok Sabha 2019 elections.

Mumbai Congress President Sanjay Nirupam said, "Our party president Rahul Gandhi strongly feels that the manifesto of the Congress party must reflect the demands and thoughts of the people. As a part of Jan Awaaz- People's Voice Manifesto, many sub-committees will visit different parts of the country. Today, we discussed the issues and challenges related to urbanization in Mumbai, challenges pertaining to sanitation, housing, water-supply, solid waste management, roads and transport, traffic. Environment was also discussed in order to make Mumbai better and livable." Reported by Yogesh Naik. Photo: Twitter/@INCMumbai

08/31​BMC to track service vehicles

In an endeavor to curb malpractices and corruption, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has made vehicle-tracking monitoring systems (VTMS) mandatory for all its vehicles. These vehicles, which are meant for dumping silt, lifting debris, garbage, and water tankers, will be tracked by the civic staffers.

A civic official from BMC's solid waste management department said the system would allow the BMC to check on real-time movement of the vehicles. The control room would come up at their Grant Road office, where the representatives of the respective departments would work in three shifts, round the clock.

"Now, there will also be control room to track their movements,” he said.

A total of 7,820 vehicles, operating from various departments, will be covered by the system and tracked by the civic staffers.

09/31Women bank employees celebrates Durga Pooja

10/31Fans go into a frenzy as Will Smith takes an auto-rickshaw ride in Mumbai

Pursuit of Happyness actor Will Smith was spotted riding a rickshaw on the streets of Mumbai. Hollywood superstar Will Smith has taken over the limelight since Karan Johar posted a picture with him and Ranveer Singh on his Instagram handle from the sets of Koffee with Karan Season 6. After much speculation, it is confirmed that Will Smith will do a cameo in Karan Johar's Student Of The Year 2, starring Tiger Shroff, Tara Sutaria and Ananya Pandey. Is this an invitation for the Hollywood superstar to venture into Bollywood for more interesting projects?

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